Curler pad



ujan. 25, 1938. y R M, MCFADDEN 2,05,326

GURLER PAD A Filled May 19, 1957 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 25, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 19,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to curler pads.

At the present time, there are a large number of so-called dry curlers on the market. A lock or tress of hair, after being moistened with suitable fluid, is rolled up on one of the dry curlers and locked in position around the curler. If a -Woman uses the dry curlers, or curlers of any type, at night and leaves the curlers secured t0 the hair, the curlers are uncomfortable to lie upon, and further, the wet locks may tend to set up a condition in the system resulting in colds, stiff neck, and the like.

An object of the present invention is the provision of means whereby the damp hair secured by the curler is protected from direct contact with the head, to the end that discomture yresultant upon lying upon the curler is appreciably overcome.

Other objects include a device which is simple of construction, inexpensive in cost of manufacture, and generally superior.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel constructions, all as disclosed in the drawing, described generally, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing the invention acting in conjunction with a dry curler upon the hair,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the invention,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and,

Figure 4 shows the invention of Figure 2 opened to such position as to readily pass over the curler.

Referring now to the drawing, I have shown in the figures a pad I, which may be formed of any material desired, such as felt, rubber, rubber composition, or the like, and preferably of a ma- 40 terial which is soft. This pad, in the embodiment shown, has two parallel side walls 2 and 3, with curved bounding ends interconecting the side Walls, as shown at 4 and 5. The pad is provided with a longitudinal cut or slot 6, dividing the pad structure into two separate zones 'l and 8. When the zones of the pad 'l and 8 are separated, as shown in Figure 4, the pad structure is prevented from tearing incident to such separation, by providing two transverse curved punchings 9 and l0 at the extremities of said slot 6.

The operation of the invention is as follows:

If we take a strand or lock of hair and curl 1937, Serial No. 143,502

it about some form of curler, of say the type shown at Il in Figure 1, this type comprising a tube formed with latch-type side arms l2, the side arms, when moved from surroundingthe tube as shown in Figure l, permit the lock of hair to be wound upon the tube, after which the hair is held in position by the member I2. Of course, this provides a bulky type of device and one that, due to its very character, is notcomfortable to sleep upon. By opening the slot 6, the curler may pass through the slot 6 and is interposed between the head and the curler, with the result that the head is cushioned from the curler when the head reclines upon a pillow. When the sides or portions 'l and 8 are drawn so as to open the slot, as shown in Figure 4, the punchings 9 and l0 prevent a tearing of the material because such punchings permit considerable stretching of the pad without the pad exceeding the elastic limit of the material in the zone of said punchings.

The cut or slot 6 is not a mere slit in the material. If the curler fits quite closely against the pad, a mere slit will tend to stretch and pull the hair and render the curler very uncomfortable. By enlarging the cut or slot, this stretching and pulling of the hair is effectively overcome.

I claim:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a resilient pad for use with hair curlers of the air drying type, comprising a body formed with an elo-ngated slot, and formed with enlarged circular transverse punchings at ends of said slot, whereby the pad may be transversely stretched to open the slot without tearing the pad.

2. As a new article of. manufacture, a pad adapted to be interposed between a dry curler and the head of a wearer of said curler; said pad comprising an elongated sponge-rubber body provided with a central slot, the sides of said body and slot being stretchable transversely to pass over a dry curler positioned on the head of a wearer.

3. The combination with a dry curler around which hair is curled on the head of the wearer, of a cushioning and moisture protecting pad of approximately the overall width and length of the curl and curler having means for interposing the same between the head of the wearer and the dry curler when the latter is in position on the head with the hair curled thereon.

ROSS M. MCFADDEN.

DISCLAIMER 2,106,326.-Ross M. McFadden, Los Angeles, Calif. CURLER PAD. Patent dated January 25, 1938. Disclaimer filed September 16, 1938, by the patentee. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 2 and 3 in said specification.

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